| A | B |
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| Agriculture | farming |
| Aleppo | An early city located in northern Syria in the Fertile Crescent, studied today by archeologists. |
| Anatolia | the western peninsula of Asia that forms the greater part of Turkey. It is bounded by the Black, Aegean, and Mediterranean seas. |
| Archeologist | Person who studies past cultures by locating and analyzing human remains, tools, and artifacts. |
| Artifacts | Material remains left behind by other people and cultures. |
| Carbon Dating | A scientific test used to determine the age of fossils, remains(including bones) and artifacts. |
| Catalhoyuk | Neolithic site in Anatolia under excavation. |
| Cave Art | paintings found in many caves usually in the form of animals dating back to the Paleolithic Era |
| Clan | a group of families having the same ancestors; social organization of early people |
| Domestication | The taming of wild animals and plants for human use. |
| Fossil | Preserved remains of plants, animals and other organisms from the distant past often studied by Archaeologists. |
| Homo Sapiens | Humans; The species to which modern humans belong |
| Hunter Gatherers | Humans who obtain their food by hunting wild animals and gathering wild edible plants |
| Jericho | An early walled city in the Fertile Crescent studied by archaeologists. |
| Migrate/Nomadic | To change location or move from one place and settle in anothe |
| Neolithic Era | A period after the Paleolithic Era when humans used “new (improved) stone tools.” Development of Agriculture |
| Oral Language | spoken form of communication |
| Paleolithic Era | “old stone age”-- when humans used simple stone tools |
| Settled Communities | the earliest cities, formed around agriculture. |
| Stonehenge | archeological site found in England that was started during the Neolithic Era |
